Send us Fan Mail

What if the universe is not something we look out at but something we are living from within?

In this conversation, we sit with Rebecca-Sophia Strong, creator of Embodied Cosmology®, whose work asks a radical question: What happens when the 13.8-billion-year story of the universe becomes something we embody?

Through immersive theater, movement-based learning, and deep-time imagination, Rebecca-Sophia invites us beyond the role of observer and into participation where cosmology becomes lived experience, and imagination becomes a force of nature.

We explore how the story of the cosmos can hold personal grief, reframe identity, and awaken a deeper sense of belonging. What emerges is not just a new way of understanding the universe, but a new way of being human within it.

This is a conversation we ask: how might we begin to live as conscious participants in an evolving universe?

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HER WORK:

1. www.cosmogenesisfilm.com > to sign up for her Newsletter and stay connected to upcoming shows and events.

2. Cosmic Pulse: Rebecca-Sophia Strong and Benjamin Francis Phelan's podcast

3. www.rebeccasophiastrong.com > to learn more about Embodied Cosmology® and Cosmogenesis: The Story of Us®.

4. Find Cosmogenesis:The Story of Us Original Soundtrack Here!

5. Movie Trailer: Cosmogenesis: The Story of Us Official Trailer

_____________________________________________________________

BIO:

Rebecca-Sophia Strong is the creator of Embodied Cosmology®, an interdisciplinary framework exploring how cosmological understanding becomes lived, embodied experience through immersive media, phenomenology, and experiential pedagogy. A filmmaker, therapist, and educator working at the intersection of cosmology, science, art, and human development, her work translates cosmic perspectives into immersive and experiential learning environments.

She is the creator and director of Cosmogenesis: The Story of Us®, an immersive fulldome production integrating movement, narrative, and astronomical visualization. An award-winning filmmaker, her work has received international recognition, including Best 360 Film at the Swedish International Film Festival. She currently teaches her original 15-part Embodied Cosmology® curriculum as an ASTRO 4500 course at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Fiske Planetarium.

Rebecca-Sophia’s work has been recognized within both artistic and scientific communities, with selected abstracts invited for presentation at the International Planetarium Society conference in Japan. Through filmmaking, teaching, and experiential design, she contributes to emerging conversations about how cosmology can become functional and embodied within everyday life - informing education, community experience, and approaches to mental health and wellbeing.

___________________________________________________________________________________________

From Stardust to Us explores spirituality, consciousness, and culture in an evolving universe through conversations at the intersection of science, soul, and lived experience.

Send us Fan Mail

Author Brian Muldoon joins us to discuss his novel The Luminous One, which reimagines the missing years of Jesus between ages 12 and 30.

In this conversation, we explore Jesus as a mystic and moral leader who may have encountered diverse spiritual traditions along ancient trade routes. Our discussion touches on Christian mysticism, Christ consciousness, imagination as a path to spiritual insight, and the radical ethical teachings that challenged the social boundaries of Jesus’ time.

______________

Brian Muldoon is an attorney, mediator, author, and longtime explorer of the spiritual life. After beginning his career as an intellectual property and entertainment lawyer in the late 1970s, he became a pioneer in mediation and conflict resolution, co-founding one of the first mediation firms in the United States. Over the course of 25 years he helped resolve thousands of disputes and authored The Heart of Conflict, a book widely used in graduate programs, corporate leadership training, and military education.

Brian’s work has long bridged law, spirituality, and interfaith dialogue. In 1993 he helped lead the facilitation team for the historic Parliament of the World’s Religions, and later served as executive director of Chicago’s Metropolitan Interfaith Initiative. In 1999 he co-organized the Synthesis Dialogues in Dharamsala, India with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and forty leading thinkers and spiritual leaders—an event later featured in the award-winning documentary Dalai Lama Renaissance, narrated by Harrison Ford.

A lifelong seeker drawn to the contemplative life since childhood, Brian has continued to explore what it means to live as “a monk in the world.” His novel The Luminous One reimagines the missing years of Jesus through the lens of mysticism, spiritual development, and cross-cultural wisdom traditions.

Find out more about Brian Muldoon at www.theluminousonebook.com

___________________________________________________________________________________________

From Stardust to Us explores spirituality, consciousness, and culture in an evolving universe through conversations at the intersection of science, soul, and lived experience.

Send us Fan Mail

In this powerful and timely conversation, we speak with Linda, an attorney-turned-chaplain, whose life has been shaped by advocacy for immigrants, survivors of violence, and marginalized communities.

Due to safety concerns surrounding immigration advocacy, our guest joins us using only her first name.

Drawing from years of legal work and spiritual care, Linda shares her journey from immigration law to ordained ministry, and what it means to hold sacred space for those navigating trauma, displacement, and systemic injustice.

We explore:

• The resilience of Latina immigrants
• The Holy Family as refugees
• Intergenerational trauma and intimate partner violence
• Restorative justice as an alternative to punishment
• How faith communities can move from charity to true solidarity

Linda reminds us that justice and compassion are inseparable and that sacred presence may be one of the most radical forms of advocacy available to us today.

___________________________________________________________________________________________

From Stardust to Us explores spirituality, consciousness, and culture in an evolving universe through conversations at the intersection of science, soul, and lived experience.